It is impossible for man. It is not impossible for God.
God is the cause (logos) of all being. (all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. John 1:3 RSV)
but only if it is made, because if it is not made, then it is uncaused, therefore the matter at hand in John 1:3 is only the things that were made
That is incorrect. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void;"
That says God created the "formless and void" heavens and earth. They were not already "there."
it is written that the earth was without form and void, not the heaven - i did not say the heaven and the earth were not created
It is illogical that the universe would be eternal as is God.
why?!, why not uncaused universe as a boundless place/space containing/carrying all other uncaused things?!
Everything the exists in the physical universe is the result of a previous cause. The ultimate cause of the existence of the physical universe is the Logos. (John 1;3)
it is written that the man was made after the image and the likeness of God, and that he was taken/made from the ground/dust, and will return to the ground/dust, so isn't it possible that the universal creation were also made from some primordial substance that is even uncaused?!, the Logos is the seed of God, or in other words, God in His form of a seed/His seminal form
"and darkness was upon the face of the deep."
The word "deep" refers to waters which were a symbol for chaos in the ancient middle eastern literature.
"And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
The word translated "moved upon" (רָחַף עַל `rachaph 'al) conveys the image of a hen brooding over her eggs until they hatch. It is the same image as conveyed at Luke 1:35.
there is some truth here, but to be more correct, the "waters" are the souls and the primordial substance, which are uncaused
(1) "The sacrament of Baptism is the gift of Christ's death and resurrection to each of us
. In Baptism we are joined with Christ in His death and in His resurrection.
(2) in baptism the "old man" (sinful flesh) is put to death and, thereby our sins are remitted.
(1) Rom 6:3 (NKJV) Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, (2) knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
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The fruit of Baptism, its true fulfillment, is a new life, not simply a better, more moral or even more pious life, but a life ontologically different from the old one. And this difference, the very content of this newness, is that it is life in Christ..."
Of Water And Spirit, p.120, Fr. Alexander Schemann, ThD, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
the important question is: has there been a full spiritual growth for no longer than about 3 years since the initial baptism and are there now fruits such as the fruits of Jesus and His true disciples were 2 millennia ago?!, because if the answer is no, then it is certain that the baptism has not gone properly and successfully, for the baptism is not just one ceremonial water baptism, but a process of spiritual growth that may last for months and years, strictly speaking, until the worshiper is fully (cap)able to do at least one of the works that Jesus and His true disciples did two millennia ago - this is the true baptism:
Luke 12:49-50 "I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!"
so if the Lord Himself, Jesus, had to continue passing through the process of baptism, who are some human to think that a single ceremonial water baptism is enough?!
Hebrews 5:11-14 "we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
Blessings
